LinkLinksOpinion Sarah Jane Shoenfeld in The Post: How citizens associations helped keep D.C. racially segregated By Editor On Sep 1, 2018 41 Share John Kelly’s Aug. 28 Metro column on the efforts of Southern segregationists to expand their reach into the D.C. area, “In the 1960s, a daring effort brought down a Maryland White Citizens’ Council,” noted that many Citizens Councils “had dropped the word ‘white’ from their names” but “their aim remained the same: to block integration in neighborhoods, schools, restaurants and theaters.” Yet citizens associations served the same purpose in the District since before the turn of the 20th century and continued to bar black members until at least 1958. Citizens AssociationsDC HistorySegregation 41 Share FacebookTwitterReddItWhatsAppEmailPrint
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